Almost a month after students and faculty at UCF were notified about a security breach causing 63,000 Social Security numbers to be stolen, Hack@UCF is offering advice on identity theft protection and mitigation.
Their meetings are every Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Engineering 2 Room 102 at UCF’s Main Campus.
Hack@UCF has stated that they will host a Town Hall meeting in cooperation with UCF on identity theft protection and mitigation. A date has yet to set.
Johnathan Haas, the social media manager for Hack@UCF, explained different ways individuals can protect themselves.
“Enrolling in the free identity-protection is most important,” said Haas, a junior Information Technology major. “As well as keeping an eye on where you put information and …show more content…
“I’m kind of clueless to be honest,” said Armioia, a sophomore health sciences major. “I am supposed to receive a letter telling me what UCF wants us to do, but I have yet to receive it.”
Similar to Kidd, Armioia had already had her Social Security number stolen before.
“I was already a victim of SS [Social Security] fraud at the beginning of this year and I was unaware until it was already affecting my credit,” Armioia said. “This automatically makes me feel more susceptible to being victimized again.”
However, there are responsibilities for individuals as well.
“Monitor your information, just because it looks like a purchase you would make, verify that you actually did make that purchase,” Haas said. “And you can also get a credit freeze.”
A credit freeze is a method consumers can use to “freeze” their credit reports, or to keep information about their credit history being released to financial institutions and merchants. In Florida, it costs $10 to enact a credit freeze on a credit report and that fee can be waived in the incident of proven identity theft, according to Experian’s
Their meetings are every Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Engineering 2 Room 102 at UCF’s Main Campus.
Hack@UCF has stated that they will host a Town Hall meeting in cooperation with UCF on identity theft protection and mitigation. A date has yet to set.
Johnathan Haas, the social media manager for Hack@UCF, explained different ways individuals can protect themselves.
“Enrolling in the free identity-protection is most important,” said Haas, a junior Information Technology major. “As well as keeping an eye on where you put information and …show more content…
“I’m kind of clueless to be honest,” said Armioia, a sophomore health sciences major. “I am supposed to receive a letter telling me what UCF wants us to do, but I have yet to receive it.”
Similar to Kidd, Armioia had already had her Social Security number stolen before.
“I was already a victim of SS [Social Security] fraud at the beginning of this year and I was unaware until it was already affecting my credit,” Armioia said. “This automatically makes me feel more susceptible to being victimized again.”
However, there are responsibilities for individuals as well.
“Monitor your information, just because it looks like a purchase you would make, verify that you actually did make that purchase,” Haas said. “And you can also get a credit freeze.”
A credit freeze is a method consumers can use to “freeze” their credit reports, or to keep information about their credit history being released to financial institutions and merchants. In Florida, it costs $10 to enact a credit freeze on a credit report and that fee can be waived in the incident of proven identity theft, according to Experian’s